This article first appeared on openDemocracyUK This is starting to feel a bit like Groundhog Day. Two years ago, the UK experienced horrendous floods during its wettest winter ever. Back then,…
06 Jan, 2016
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18 Dec, 2015
Osborne’s fire sale must be stopped
This article first appeared on openDemocracyUK Key British assets which bring in millions of pounds worth of profit and provide incalculable social benefits are to be sold soon if the chancellor…
14 Dec, 2015
Sheffield’s Radical Hope conference talked about retrieving the opportunities of devolution
Just over a month ago, Jon Cruddas articulated his view of how we should do politics differently and both articulated and grieved Labour’s failure to take the initiative on devolution. Cruddas…
15 Oct, 2015
Climate change is a health emergency, and it’s time for radical action
Ele Dow is a member of MedSin and People & Planet. This post is a transcript of Ele’s speech given to the People’s Climate Rally in Edinburgh, 26 September 2015. ---…
12 Aug, 2015
My utopian London is within touching distance
Utopia is a fictional, perfect place, but when I think about what I want to see London become it’s not far-fetched and fantastical – it’s real and within touching distance.…
25 Jun, 2015
Higher aspirations – politics beyond the ballot box
As with the Scottish referendum, electoral defeat can be transformed into political success. A new movement is rising, says Hilary Wainwright. Two words have become mantras in the post-election babble:…
09 Jun, 2015
Discussion: Is Labour Dead?
This week we published Downfall: Is Labour dead and how can radical hope be rebuilt? (PDF). It argues that 2015 was not like any other defeat. There are no…
19 May, 2015
Labour cannot afford a sterile debate
I would bet my last penny that Labour is about to embark on a sterile debate. It will be symptomatic of the disease that has afflicted the party ever since…
30 Apr, 2015
Can Scottish Labour clear up the mess it has got itself into?
Something amazing is happening in the UK general election in Scotland. Its campaign and mood is so different from the rest of the UK. Voters are animated and engaged: one…
21 Apr, 2015
Britain can be better – but by how much? A review of the 2015 Labour Manifesto
The title of 2015 Labour Manifesto, Britain can be better, echoes the title of the 1997 manifesto (Because Britain deserves better), although minus the New Labour appellation and the big…
26 Mar, 2015
Finding Our Voice
This collection of essays builds on thinking over the last few years – especially thinking in and around Labour and its policy review. The assembled authors share a trust in…
19 Jan, 2015
Back to The Future Socialism
The people’s flag may be deepest red but for the 1994–2010 New Labour period it few from a pale grey masthead. What was therefore once distinct about the Labour Party…